thewordpainter

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by thewordpainter 16y ago
if you're building a super-simple product, this might be the direction to take it all along. make them pay for your expertise...not your software. if you want to deter competition once the popularity ensues, you'll have to put it out there
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Ask HN: How do you conduct market research for your startup?
2 points by thewordpainter 16y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i don't mind rejection. in fact, i kinda thrive off of it. when YC has told us no in the past --> just sparked the fire that much more. my personal motto: doubt me...please do ;)
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i'll preface this by saying that i up-voted peter because many of the points were totally valid. at the same time, i think money creates a distraction. i've been bootstrapping for almost 3.5 years. throughout the process, i've built a team
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Ask HN: Chat Integration Software
1 points by thewordpainter 16y ago|1 comments
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i think you've identified an opportunity, but i think it's crucial to define exactly the types of startups you'll be covering. you should establish a set criteria for startups to be considered. (e.g. <$1mil in funding, ___ traction, etc
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
if you're a rockstar developer and need a sufficient salary, my best recommendation would be to follow the money. use http://crunchbase.com to find out some of the latest deals and how much the companies received in financing. if you want
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i should stop myself because i'm not a big proponent of potential. i like progress. probably should have used that word instead. fair to say you can gauge potential based on progress?
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
zero. spend more time on your product than trying to rack your brain over made-up numbers. unless you are sitting down with an old school investor / spreadsheet jockey, you're better off selling them on the potential of the startup.
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i know the guys at lessaccounting.com (allen & steve) are the anti-quickbooks crowd, and i've talked to multiple people who have been pretty pleased with their service.
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
for those that really want it, money comes with the territory. it's not the driving force. i think mark is spot on with his first bullet-point in particular (not very status-oriented) i'm not building a startup for the money. i just want to
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
vladik - check out @stammy & @jazzychad @notifo ... two GT guys that moved to the valley in the last couple years (also hang around HN from time-to-time) btw, go dawgs...
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Ask HN: What B2C startups lean on their B2B products?
2 points by thewordpainter 16y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
much like plancast, i think quora is a great idea, but one that could struggle outside of the valley. i think quora should consider certain barriers to contribution like ones that wikipedia has in place. if they focus on establishing a reso
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
familiar with Yipit? They are in the business of daily deal aggregation. if you're doing an active search on google, i think that's different from the daily deal phenomenon. you might find deals online, but they're essentially the tradition
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
interesting thought. i'm not sure if i have a specific answer in mind. i know the venturehacks and asktheVC archives are two resources in particular that have a lot of great information as your startup takes flight. in terms of a checklist,
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
if you take the money, i think it's uber-important to specify what kind of role he will hold. once you take the money, he will expect some sort of say when it comes to the direction of the company. if he doesn't know your industry, you may
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Dear Michael Arrington(joshuatopolsky.tumblr.com)
2 points by thewordpainter 16y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
interesting to see ~66% thus far have not. sounds like there's a great talent pool in the HN community for startups to tap into. i'm assuming most of those that haven't, have a strong passion for startups, but just haven't come across that
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i think "how will you get users?" is a great question for whittling the field. any startup entrepreneur with experience knows that "viral effect" is not the answer, and a strategy is involved...especially if you don't have the valley resour
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
did PG & co. recognize your persistence? what do you think stoof out the fourth try? had the business advanced a good bit?
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i think that's great news for the startup community. if startups weren't mainstream before, so many kids were inspired to get off their ass after seeing the movie. as for the flick, i think is was very entertaining, but the most ironic thin
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2011: The Year of the B2C IPO(adamwexler.wordpress.com)
1 points by thewordpainter 16y ago|0 comments
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
you probably won't retire in five years if you have that mentality. the ones that succeed the post have a passion about what they are building. that passion doesn't go away. they may have a lot more freedom, but many jump right back into th
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i thought one of the best startups i came across last year was Solve Media. that's an enormous problem you're referencing, and not only did their startup solve the problem, but they also created value for brands by advertising within the pa
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
@swombat - really appreciate you addressing this subject. been wondering for a little while. what's the consensus: post it outside of the standard work day? maybe ~6p EST? when EST people are basically done with work & PST are winding d
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
i'm super-impressed by the strategic decisions that facebook has made that keep them heading higher...but can it really last forever? outside of the status updates, their data is getting stale. who updates their info? who spends time to rem
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
that was my favorite line as well. now that startup pursuits have become semi-mainstream, i think you'll see the next generation of parents less inclined to push their kids down a carved out path. if parents really want to see their kids "m
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
I think it's important to note that david brussin's thoughts are primarily geared towards secondary markets. As an entrepreneur who runs a startup out of a quarternary market (athens, ga), i can assure you that we would be benefitting a l
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by thewordpainter 16y ago
@tst_ - i hear ya. thanks for sharing the link. @veb - yeah, at this point we've begun topics and are just hoping that the conversation will build around us...then we can let it grow from there. we actually started a VIP listserv for some o

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